Did you go birding on 1st January? The great thing about birding on New Year’s Day is that all the birds are new for the year list and as such almost all the birders I know are keen to get out on the first day of the year, and this year I was no exception. [...]
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Local Birding; Darent Valley | British Birding
December 23rd, 2020 
Nick When I was at school almost all my birding was done in the local area, other than a few trips with my school wildlife club and family holidays around Britain. Over the years I have traveled much further afield in search of birds but right now I find myself back where I grew up, with [...]
Ringed Gulls at Beddington Farmlands | British Birding
December 21st, 2020 Nick Although birding is a relaxing hobby that takes birders to lots of interesting and often beautiful places I also find it rewarding to be able to contribute towards a greater understanding of birds which can provide information useful in their conservation. One of the easiest ways I have found of doing this is by reporting [...]
Posted in Bird Behaviour, Bird Ringing, Birding in London, Birdwatching in UK, Gulls, Migration, Nature, Southeast England 
Tags: bird ecology, bird ringing, bird watching, bird watching in britain, birdwatching trips, britain, british bird watching, british birds, conservation, gulls 
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The Gull Next Door | Book Review
December 8th, 2020 Nick The Gull Next Door, by Marianne Taylor, is a book written from the heart of an author who has grown up around gulls and continues to get a great deal of pleasure from watching these resourceful birds wherever they occur, especially within the UK. Rather than a detailed examination on gull identification this is the author’s [...]
Posted in Best Bird Books, Book Reviews, Nature Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, birding books, book reviews, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds Comments Off
Singing Song Thrush on a Misty Morning | British Birding
November 30th, 2020 Nick When a bird is named for its song it is a good indication that its vocalization is something that is worth listening to and when it is heard on a morning with very limited visibility the lack of other visuals really amplifies the effect of this bird’s rich and energetic song. In fact the word [...]
Birding at Dartford Marshes | British Birding
November 20th, 2020 Nick Sometimes it is nice to travel to visit our favourite birding hotspots but at other time it is good to poke around local areas of open land to see what birds can be found. Particularly with the seasons changing and wintering bird numbers building up, local open spaces that may have become unproductive over the [...]
Posted in Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Birdwatching Trips, Nature Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, birdwatching trips, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds Comments Off
Brent Geese Autumn Flocks | British Birding
November 14th, 2020 Nick Although birding in autumn brings expectation in terms of seeing scarce and rare birds as they migrate it is also a time to enjoy watching large flocks of commoner species as they gather in migratory flocks or as their numbers build up as they arrive on their wintering grounds. When I am in UK one [...]
